Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha on June 5 continued taking the podium to answer questions raised by legislators, including those related to the construction of too many high-rise buildings in big cities.

Competitiveness of Vietnam's tourism industry and solutions to make it a key economic sector was the main focus of the Q&A session with the minister of culture, sports and tourism on June 5 during the 14 NAs ongoing 7th session.

Italy supports Vietnam’s bid to run for a non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in the 2020-2021 term, affirmed Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.

Vietnam is developing its industry toward applying advanced technologies and wants to get consultancy from the World Bank (WB) on the matter, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Hot issues relating to construction, transport, and culture sectors dominated the second day of the National Assembly’s Q&A session on June 5.

Ha Giang Police have completed their investigations and proposed the provincial People’s Court begin legal proceedings against five suspects related to a national high school exam cheating scandal.

About 70 per cent of synthetic drug addicts showed symptoms of mental disorders, could lose control and commit serious crimes including murder without any motive, a recent conference on drug addiction rehabilitation heard.

Weddings across the world are normally boozy affairs, and Vietnam is no exception.

The 10th Europe-Viet Nam Documentary Film Festival is taking place at the National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio in Hanoi and Hoa Sen University in HCM City from May 31 to June 9.

Doctors at the HCM City Oncology Hospital have been using 3D printing to create titanium-aluminum frames for bone grafts that can be used to reconstruct jaws for patients with head and neck cancers with malignant tumours in the lower jaw.

Painters nationwide gathered at Tam Thanh beach to create unique paintings on coracles for display during the Tam Ky Sea Festival 2019.

Vietnam won three gold medals at the on-going International Weightlifting Federation World Junior Championships in Suva, Fiji.

The National Youth Wrestling Championships began yesterday in Tuyen Quang Province.

Three children in the southern province of Kien Giang have drowned in a pond of a local construction site.

Farmers in Ben Tre Province’s Cho Lach District, the country largest fruit seedling producer, are using advanced techniques to produce higher-quality seedlings, mostly for durian, jackfruit, mango and rambutan plants.

Hesman, a comic book series written by Nguyen Hung Lan has come to an end after 160 episodes and 23 years.

A songbook for teenagers composed by Quoc Bao has been released in HCM City to meet the demand of young audiences this summer.

The chairman of HCM City People’s Committee has urged agencies to speed up progress of major projects and select investors for waste treatment projects that use advanced technologies.

Le Tran Nguyen Hung, deputy head of the Department of Aquatic Resources Conservation and Development spoke about invasive species such as red-claw crayfish and freshwater lobster and the damage they could cause to agriculture sector.

When Pham Van Thu decided to sign papers to donate the organs of his brain-dead son two weeks ago, he did not think he would have to deal with disapproval from those around him.